Sunday, March 2, 2008

Alive and well in the garden


Dear friends and families of the new Peace Corps Trainees,
We have just completed our first full week of training! One down, nine to go. The Environment and SED (Small Enterprise Development) trainees have requested that we send you an e-mail to say that they have arrived safe and all is well. Aside from sun-burns and a few stomachs adjusting to the new microbes, everyone is doing great. They will have access to email and the internet within 2 or 3 weeks, so you may hear from them soon. In between technical sessions they learn language (18 different dialects here), and about the Malagasy culture. This photo was shot after a gardening session.
Best regards, Barry Duncil
US Peace Corps Volunteer/Technical Trainer

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Corie. This is your cousin Jay. I miss Madagascar. I was only in Antananarivo for 1 day. I spent most of my time in Ansiranina, which is on the northern tip. Have you started to learn the Malagasy language? It seemed like most of the French people only spoke French and the natives really appreciated when I attempted to speak Malagasy. I hope all is going well for you. It will be such a great experience! Say hi to the zebu for me.

Anonymous said...

Corie looks like she could use a beer:) Keep up the good work, Kiddo--we're all proud of you.

--the Beltramini's

Hannah and girls said...

Hi Corie! It's Hannah, Beka and Lissa. Well your dad was right this blog thing is pretty cool! We are glad to here you finally made it and can't wait for more updates.

Anonymous said...

this is Tanya, befriend me on myspace
please! i'm having dificulty with my E-mail, thanks. i miss you a wholr bunch!